Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Jihad will come in a big way warn terrorists of the Bengal Caliphate

Jihad will come in a big way warn terrorists of the Bengal Caliphate

New Delhi, Dec 21: Jihad
will come in a big way and you will witness something that you have
never seen before was a chilling message put out by members of the
Bengal Caliphate recently.

The formation of the Bengal Caliphate is real and is posing a danger to India especially in states such as West Bengal
and Assam. The members of the group look to recruit several persons
from these states in a bid to strengthen the Bengal Caliphate which is
being run out of Bangladesh.

A Home ministry report suggests that there were signs of a build up when
the Burdwan blasts of 2014 took place. A bomb had accidentally went off
at Burdwan in West Bengal.

Investigations revealed that bombs were being prepared and they were
to be used to carry out blasts in Bangladesh and West Bengal. The
Burdwan blasts were just a pre-cursor to what lay in store.

The
Islamic State which is trying to make its mark in the sub-continent is
relying heavily on radical youth from Bangladesh, West Bengal and Assam.
The threat is real and must be dealt with soon.

The respective
state governments must also play a proactive role in helping central
agencies deal with the threat, the report also states.

'Try and stop us'

A 5.5
minute video was recently released by the group that calls itself the
Bengal Caliphate. According to Indian security agencies, this group is
affiliated to the IS and claims to set up the Caliphate.

In the
video that has been recorded at Al Raqqah in Syria, three youth speaking
in Bengali warn that attacks would take place. Attacks will take place
until you lose and we win, the youth say.

"The Sharia will be
established and the Bengal Caliphate will be a reality. Try and stop us.
How do you people support democracy? Jihad will come in a big way and
you will witness something that you have never seen before," the three
persons further state.

The
Bengal Caliphate comprises Bangladesh, West Bengal and Assam. The idea
is to put up a solid outfit and then stage attacks in India.
The message makes the intention of the operatives clear.

IS takes notice:

The
IS sees a great potential in Bangladesh where there are groups such as
Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, Bangladesh and the Ansarul Bangla Team which
subscribe to the ideology of the terror group.

Experts
say that the IS will continue to urge the youth in Bangladesh and
several parts of India. They will keep releasing video and put out
propaganda material. The IS would also look to work alongside an outfit
in the region which is familiar with the logistics.

Sending fighters from Iraq or Syria would not be feasible because of
logistics and language problems. Officers say that the focus would be on
the local youth who would be urged to stage lone-wolf attacks.

5 Suspected Of Plotting New Year Attack In Bangladesh, Arrested

Dhaka: Police in
Bangladesh have arrested five suspected terrorists believed to be
plotting to attack New Year celebrations, a counter-terrorism police
chief said on Wednesday.
The five were believed to be members
of a faction of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) group, which
was blamed for an attack on a cafe in Dhaka in July in which 22 people
were killed.
"They planned to attack on New Year's Eve," Monirul Islam, head of the counter-terrorism police unit, told a news conference. Mr
Islam declined to elaborate when asked about the terrorists' target and
how they planned to attack but said police had also seized 60 kg of
explosives, when the five were detained in overnight raids in the
capital.

The five were paraded before the media but did not speak to reporters. Authorities
have already banned all outdoor gatherings in Dhaka from dusk on
December 31 to dawn on January 1 on security grounds. Terror
attacks have increased in Bangladesh, a country of 160 million people,
over the past few years with several prominent liberal writers and
members of religious minorities killed.
The JMB has pledged
allegiance to ISIS, which police believe was involved in organising the
attack on the cafe in Dhaka's diplomatic quarter on July 1. Police have killed more than 40 suspected terrorists in raids since the
cafe attack, including the man police said was the mastermind,
Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury.

Mastermind of Dhaka cafe attack killed in police raid

Dhaka: One of the masterminds of Bangladesh’s
worst terror attack at a popular cafe here and another top militant
behind the murder of a Hindu priest were killed on Friday in a shootout
with police, the latest success in the anti- terrorism drive in the
Muslim majority nation. Islamic State-linked Neo-Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen’s most wanted leader
Nurul Islam alias Marzan and another extremist were killed by
Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit in Mohammadpur Beribadh
area of the capital during a pre-dawn raid. “One is identified as Marjan
and another is Saddam Hossain, an accused neo JMB member,” Monirul
Islam, chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit of Dhaka
Metropolitan Police said.

Police said Marzan coordinated the July 1 attack on Gulshan’s Holey
Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s posh diplomatic area that killed 23 people,
including 17 foreigners. An Indian girl was among them.
On September 10, police detained three persons from Azimpur including
Marzan's wife Afrin alias Prioti. Earlier, a Bangladeshi-Canadian Tamim
Chowdhury, who was singled out by the police as the neo-JMB chief and
the key player in the recent terror activities in Bangladesh, and two
others were killed in a police operation in Narayanganj on August 27.
Saddam was wanted for at least 10 murder cases, including Japanese
national Kunio Hoshi murder.

Bangladesh Cafe Reopens 6 Months After Worst Terror Attack; Report

Dhaka: The upscale
cafe in Bangladesh where Islamist terrorists killed 22 hostages
including an Indian girl in the country's worst terror attack last year
has reopened in Dhaka after moving to another location with enhanced
security, media reports said. Holey Artisan Bakery that once
operated on 2,000 square feet area will now be housed inside a 500
square feet space on the first floor of 'Rangs Arcade' building at the
Gulshan Avenue, just a few blocks away from its previous location in the
heart of the diplomatic district, bdnews24 reported.

The cafe, which officially opened yesterday, could accommodate 50 customers at a time, it said.